Alice Giles
Alice Giles | |
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| Born | 1961 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Harpist |
Alice Rosemary Giles
Early life and education
She was born in
Career
She has performed in many countries throughout Europe, the Americas, Israel and her home country. Her New York debut was at the Merkin Hall in 1983, and she has also performed at the Wigmore Hall in London.[3]
Luciano Berio described her as "the most intelligent, sensitive and technically accomplished harpist" he had ever met.[2] Berio considered her the foremost interpreter of his Sequenza II.[2]
After touring and living overseas (mainly in Germany) for some years, Giles and her husband, the Israeli pianist Arnan Wiesel, returned to Australia permanently in 1998.[2] Giles and Wiesel both taught at the ANU School of Music in Canberra, Giles from 1998[2] and Wiesel from 2000 as Head of the Keyboard Department. In 2012 they were both made redundant as part of funding cuts. They were advised they did not have the requisite set of skills.[4] She now teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne.[1]
She is the Artistic Director of the Seven Harp Ensemble.[3] She is founder and director of the Harp Centre Australia, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the harp in Australia.[1]
In February 2011 she went to
Giles performs in master classes internationally, and has been a juror at numerous important harp competitions. She was the Chair and the Artistic Director of the 2014 World Harp Congress in Sydney in July 2014.[1]
She is a member of the Australian World Orchestra.[1]
Giles was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the performing arts as a harpist, educator and mentor, and through contributions to Australia's musical landscape".[5]
Personal life
She is the daughter of Rosemary Madigan. She and her husband and children live on a property near Yass, New South Wales.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Australian World Orchestra Archived 2019-03-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 February 2016
- ^ ABC Radio 24 Hours, June 2001, p. 12
- ^ a b c d e Harp Centre Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2016
- ^ a b c Emma Macdonald, "Frozen out: sacked ANU academics tell their stories", The Canberra Times, 1 November 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2016
- ^ "GILES, Alice Rosemary". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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